SFG2016 Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized UPDATED ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR SECTION NEUM – STOLAC CLIENT: Public Company Roads of FBH Terezija 54, 71 000 Sarajevo Tel/fax: +387 33 250-370; 250-400 web site: www.jpcfbih.ba CONSULTANT: Ecoplan Ltd. Mostar Dr. Ante Starčevića, b.b. 88 000 Mostar Tel/fax: +387 36 397-400; 397-410 e-mail: [email protected] web site: www.ecoplan.ba EXPERT TEAM: Borislav Puljić, Ph.D., graduate architect Danijela Mandić, graduate civil engineer Mirela Šetka Prlić, graduate civil engineer Draženka Puljić, graduate economist Berislav Crnjac, graduate civil engineer Ivan Antunović, Ma. in geology engineering Anđelka Vojvodić, graduate civil engineer Marija Rakić, graduate architecture engineer Monika Kordić, Ma. civil engineer Sanja Bekavac, Ma. civil engineer Renata Pehar, graduate economist Marko Puljić, Bac. economist Lana Puljić, Ma. Economist Prof. Murat Prašo, Ph.D., graduate economist PROJECT NO.: 367/15 CONTRACT NO.: I – 441 – 367/15 CEO„Ecoplan“ Ltd. MOSTAR Borislav Puljić, Ph.D., graduate architect _______________________________ Mostar, March 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS : A. TEXTUAL PART ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................................................ 10 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................. 12 1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ 35 1.1. STUDY BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE ............................................................................................... 35 1.2. IMPACT ASSESSMENT APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY .................................................................. 36 1.2.1. DESKTOP REVIEW OF SECONDARY DATA ....................................................................................... 37 1.2.2. FIELD DATA ........................................................................................................................................ 39 1.2.3. PROJECT IMPACT ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY ........................................................................... 40 1.2.4. LIMITATIONS ...................................................................................................................................... 43 1.3. PROJECT RATIONALE ............................................................................................................................. 43 1.4. PROJECT LOCATION .............................................................................................................................. 45 1.5. PROJECT BACKGROUND ....................................................................................................................... 47 1.6. PROJECT DESCRIPTION ......................................................................................................................... 49 1.6.1. LINKED ACTIVITIES AND ANCILLARY FACILITIES .............................................................................. 53 1.7. ANALYSES OF ALTERNATIVES ............................................................................................................... 55 1.7.1. DESCRIPTION OF VARIANT AND SELECTED VARIANTS................................................................... 55 1.7.2. ALTERNATIVE „WITH NO PROJECT“ ................................................................................................ 57 2. LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK ........................................................ 59 2.1. WORLD BANK SAFEGUARDS POLICIES ................................................................................................. 59 2.1.1. OPERATIONAL POLICY OP 4.01 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (EA) ..................................... 59 2.1.2. OPERATIONAL POLICY OP 4.04 ON NATURAL HABITATS ........................................................... 59 2.1.3. OPERATIONAL POLICY OP 4.11 PHYSICAL CULTURAL RESOURCES ............................................ 60 2.1.4. OPERATIONAL POLICY OP 4.12 INVOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT................................................. 60 2.2. OVERVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS IN THE FBH .................................... 62 2.2.1. NATIONAL LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA .......................................................................................................................... 62 2.2.2. MULTILATERAL CONTRACTS IN THE FIELD OF ENVIRONMENT ..................................................... 67 2.2.3. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND PROCEDURE OF OBTAINING AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT IN FBH ................................................................................................................. 68 2.3. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE WB OPERATIONAL POLICIES AND FBH LEGISLATION ....................... 69 3. PROJECT AREA OF INFLUENCE ................................................................................ 73 4. ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINE ................................................................................... 75 4.1. CLIMATIC AND METEOROLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS ...................................................................... 75 4.2. MORPHOLOGICAL, GEOLOGICAL, HYDROGEOLOGICAL AND ENGINEERING GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS ............................................................................................................................................ 76 4.2.1. MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS............................................................................................. 77 4.2.2. GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS ..................................................................................................... 79 4.2.3. HYDROGEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS ......................................................................................... 80 4.2.4. ENGINEERING GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS ........................................................................... 80 4.3. SEISMIC ACTIVITY OF TERRAIN ............................................................................................................. 81 4.4. HYDROLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS ..................................................................................................... 81 4.5. SOIL AND AGRICULTURAL LAND .......................................................................................................... 82 4.6. WOODLAND AND FORESTRY ............................................................................................................... 83 4.7. LAND USE ............................................................................................................................................... 84 4.8. FLORA AND VEGETATION ..................................................................................................................... 85 4.9. FAUNA .................................................................................................................................................... 88 4.10. WILDLIFE AND HUNTING ...................................................................................................................... 88 4.11. PROTECTED PARTS OF NATURE ............................................................................................................ 90 4.12. LANDSCAPE ........................................................................................................................................... 92 4.13. AIR QUALITY........................................................................................................................................... 96 4.14. NOISE ..................................................................................................................................................... 97 4.15. INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES ....................................................................................................... 97 4.15.1. WATER INFRASTRUCTURE ................................................................................................................ 97 4.15.2. ELECTRIC POWER INFRASTRUCTURE ............................................................................................. 101 4.15.3. TELECOMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE ................................................................................... 101 4.15.4. TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE ............................................................................................................ 102 4.16. MINE THREAT ...................................................................................................................................... 103 5. SOCIOECONOMIC BASELINE .................................................................................. 105 5.1. LOCAL OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................................. 105 5.2. DEMOGRAPHICS ................................................................................................................................ 106 5.2.1. MIGRATION AND POPULATION CHANGE .................................................................................... 107 5.2.2. AGE .................................................................................................................................................. 108 5.2.3. GENDER ..........................................................................................................................................